The Challenges Obama Left Behind
National Review Most Americans are worried about our domestic crises. Obama left office after doubling the debt to $20 trillion. Near-zero interest rates over eight years have impoverished an entire…
McMaster is a Promising Choice
by Mackubin Owens • American Greatness President Trump’s selection of Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be his national security adviser has been widely praised, and rightly so. McMaster is…
Poll Finds DC Is Out Of Touch With Americans On Foreign Policy
by Jeremy Lott • The Federalist The foreign policy consensus in Washington DC is so stubbornly pro-intervention that our most recent president—who dragged the country into several foreign entanglements and…
U.S. Adversaries Closing Gap With American Aircraft Capabilities
by Natalie Johnson • Washington Free Beacon U.S. adversaries are rapidly catching up to America’s fifth generation fighter aircraft capabilities—a risk that has exacerbated given ongoing cyber vulnerabilities in the…
Russian Jets Buzzed U.S. Destroyer
by Bill Gertz • Washington Free Beacon Four Russian military aircraft conducted low passes against a U.S. destroyer in the Black Sea last week, the first such military provocation since…
Afghan Government Lost 15% of Its Territory Last Year
by Morgan Chalfant • Washington Free Beacon The government of Afghanistan lost almost 15 percent of its territory last year, as Taliban insurgents continued to launch attacks amid declines in…
CIA Veteran: Europe a ‘Launching Pad’ for ISIS to Attack the U.S.
by Natalie Johnson • Washington Free Beacon Europe serves as a “launching pad” for ISIS jihadists to initiate attacks against the United States due to the absence of a cohesive…
Trump Admin: Iran in Breach of Nuke Deal
by Adam Kredo • Washington Free Beacon In a vast departure from the Obama White House, the Trump administration went on record Wednesday to accuse Iran of being in violation…
Army’s Ground Combat Systems Risk Being Surpassed by Russia, China
by Morgan Chalfant • Daily Caller The U.S. Army’s ground combat systems risk being surpassed by those being developed by foreign countries such as Russia and China, according to a…
Joint Chiefs Warn of Increased Cooperation of Terrorist, Criminal Networks
by Morgan Chalfant • Washington Free Beacon Criminal and terrorist networks are evolving “out of view” of U.S. intelligence and increasingly cooperating to achieve their goals, according to a new…
Sanctioned Iranian Airlines Ferrying Illicit Weapons to Tehran
by Adam Kredo • Washington Free Beacon Two airlines sanctioned by the United States for enabling Iran’s global terrorist operations appear to have played a central role in moving illicit…
Spiteful Obama Lashes Out at Netanyahu and Putin (and Trump) But Hits America Too
by Dimitri K. Simes and Paul J. Saunders • National Interest One need not admire Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin or, for that matter, approve of Israeli or Russian conduct,…
The Rape of Syria
Poor Syria. Strategically located at the northern edge of the Middle East on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, with its archeological finds dating back nearly eight thousand years, is…
White House On Defense After Being Exposed as Architect of Anti-Israel U.N. Action
by Adam Kredo • Washington Free Beacon Senior Obama administration officials are scrambling to provide explanations after multiple reports, including in the Washington Free Beacon, identified the White House as…
Congress Moving to Cut U.S. Funding to U.N. in Wake of Anti-Israel Vote
by Adam Kredo • Washington Free Beacon Congress is already setting the stage to cut off U.S. funding to the United Nations in the wake of a contested vote last…